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ERNEST ODELL BROOM
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1931 – January 11, 1968
Service recordErnest Odell Broom, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 27
- DENIS LEON ANDERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- JOHN NEWTON BREWERPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- PHILIP EDWARD BURRELLCorporal · January 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MONTE REX BUSBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 28
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.